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EDUCATE A WOMAN AND..
Editors' Note
In 1970 America has heard and
witnessed widespread public discussion
of the place of women in our
society—what it is, and what it should
be. There have been books, magazine
articles, resolutions, manifestos, picket
lines and publicity stunts. The argument
has involved the education and training
of women for working careers. It has
BY LESLIE BRUNI
led in Some places to a critical
examination of hiring, salary and
promotion policies. It has gone into the
role of the modern American woman
as wife, mother and homemaker. It has
extended to questions of morality,
equality and the choice of life styles.
Among the many points of
discussion, one of the most persistent
is the argument over the choice that
the college-educated woman faces: to
be a fulltime wife-mother-homemaker
or to hold a job outside the home.
Frequently the issue has been put
falsely (in the opinion of H&S Reports)
as an either-or choice, on the assumption
that a college education is "wasted" on
a woman who stays home, whereas a
woman working outside is contributing
to society.
Last winter Leslie Bruni, wife of
H&S New York Office partner Frank
Bruni, wrote her views on this
controversial subject for Club Dial,
the magazine of the Woman's Club of
White Plains, New York. It was
reprinted in 600 Minutes, H&S New
York Office newsletter, and H&S
Reports offers it here for the entire
Firm readership. It will be followed in
an early issue by an article on women
accountants in H&S, whose numbers
have increased dramatically in the past
three years.
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